Users that have been identified as cheaters are blocked from AStats achievement ranking features and aren't eligible for achievement points.For minor offences this means that the total points for individual games will be invalidated; while more serious transgressions result in complete profile bans.

You can make appeal here if:

You believe you've been wrongly blocked on suspicion of cheating.

You've cheated in the past and want to come clean and get a second chance to use the site's leaderboards features.

Before posting your appeal thread, please read the following thoroughly:

Include a link to your AStats profile.

If you have not cheated, please try to include as much information as possible that you think could be relevant to the situation.

If you've used achievement unlocking software in the past, please relock all achievements you cheated before making your thread. You can use the same software you used to cheat to do this, or if you're not comfortable with that, then SteamSupport is known to have assisted in relocking achievements.

If the moderator who is handling your appeal is not certain that the achievements you locked are the only ones cheated in the game, he may require you to remove all the achievements in the game.

Press the update button on each game's page that you've relocked something on.

Be thorough and note every game you cheated in your post, if old irregularities come up in the future after you've been unmarked, you can't be guaranteed a second appeal.

If you can't remember all the games you cheated, do not bother asking us what games need to be relocked. You will typically not get an answer. Your profile will be unmarked once the moderator dealing with your thread is confident in that your profile is clean.

All games that have been relocked need to be launched to see whether any of the old achievements unlock again, in which case savefiles and/or stats must be purged to prevent that. You will not not be able to get assistance with that if you're not sure how to do it yourself.

Dishonesty will not be taken lightly.

If you cheated and don't wish to relock your cheated achievements, your profile or the portion of your profile in question cannot be unmarked.

If you no longer wish to use the site, you can request your profile to be disabled. It can always be re-enabled if you change your mind.

After the appeal has been received by a moderator, the issue will be reviewed and may be discussed internally if needed. You may not receive a reply from a moderator instantly.Mods generally only respond to them on weekends, in the order which they appear in the list from down and up. If the appeal isn't resolved on first reply, this can push appeal time further to the next weekend, and so on. In the meantime, other forum members are welcome to share their perspectives and opinions on it in the thread provided the conversation remains civil.

Because of the time and work it takes to handle these threads, profiles with many irregularities may be placed on lower priority.Appeal threads that don't follow procedure may be ignored until the poster has read these guidelines and made necessary changes.

Please bear in mind that you're not entitled to a second chance.If AStats moderators don't believe you're being forthcoming and are withholding or falsifying information, or if the severity of your cheating was at abysmal levels and that you cannot be trusted to play fair again, your appeal can be outright denied and can even result in a full block.

We require full transparency from you.

Also be respectful and polite towards those that spend their free time for you because otherwise your thread will simply be locked and/or other measures taken.

Lastly, users that have been given a second chance will not be given a third.